Cystic fibrosis in Canadian Hutterites.

Background: The Hutterite Brethren are a communal group of Anabaptists who live in the Western regions of North America, predominantly in the Western Canadian provinces. Due to a founder effect, Hutterites have a high rate of cystic fibrosis (CF) with genotypes limited to only two CFTR mutations. One-third of Hutterite patients with CF are pancreatic sufficient.

Nutritional risk in community-dwelling older men: the Manitoba follow-up study.

Purpose: The role of nutrition in older men's health and successful aging has been inadequately studied. We examined the relationships among nutritional risk, self-rated health, and successful aging in community-dwelling Canadian older men.

Methods: The surviving cohort of the Manitoba Follow-up Study (n=690, mean age = 86.

Older men's lay definitions of successful aging over time: the Manitoba follow-up study.

The concept of "successful aging" has become widely accepted in gerontology, yet continues to have no common underlying definition. Researchers have increasingly looked to older individuals for their lay definitions of successful aging. The present analysis is based on responses to five questionnaires administered to surviving participants of the male Manitoba Follow-up Study cohort (www.

Clinical diagnoses before age 75 and men's survival to their 85th birthday: the Manitoba follow-up study.

Purpose: Of all Canadian and American men who live to age 75 years, about half can expect to live to age 85. Our objective is to examine how clinical diagnoses made before age 75 relate to a man's survival to age 85 years.

Design And Methods: Since 1948, a cohort of 3,983 young men (mean age of 31 years at entry) has been followed with routine contact and medical examinations to prospectively document incident disease.

The consistency of definitions of successful aging provided by older men: the Manitoba follow-up study.

ABSTRACTIn the absence of a universally agreed-upon definition of successful aging, researchers increasingly look to older adults for layperson views of aging and definitions of successful aging. To use lay definitions in studies of aging, however, researchers must address the definitions' consistency. In 2004, surviving members of the Manitoba Follow-up Study male cohort (mean age: 83 years) were asked twice for their definition of successful aging.

Ability and accuracy of long-term weight recall by elderly males: the Manitoba follow-up study.

Purpose: To assess the ability and accuracy of elderly men to recall their weights and determine what characteristics might predict recall ability and accuracy.

Methods: Eight hundred sixty-nine elderly men (mean age, 84 years), participants of the Manitoba Follow-up Study (MFUS), responded to a questionnaire asking them to recall their weights at ages 20, 30, 50, and 65 years. Recalled weights were compared with measured weights collected since MFUS began in 1948.